Resist your inner Hitler

Happy Halloween little monsters!

Thought I'd share a scary thought on this momentous occasion.  Are you ready?  It's a little out there -- but bear with me as it makes some supercilious point of the highest hyperbole:

(and yes, I had to look up both those words to make sure I used them correctly).

Ready?

Here goes:

What if Hitler didn't give up?

Think about it.  A failed artist with serious anger issues and internal struggles that had an insurmountable power of persuassion and (argumentably) charisma.

What if he didn't give up?  What if he stuck with his art and somehow his natural talents of persuassion and charisma were channeled through a positive medium -- something that made us think, reflect, and potentially cause us to question our own inner demons and frustrations?

That's what art is, isn't it?

What if, in some other universe he made a different choice?  What if he chose to channel his frustration and viewpoints through his paintings?  It could be argued that in that alternative universe he would have the same power and charisma.  And if his power of charisma and persuassion was cemented in a painting or drawing -- well then, could it not also be argued that the affect on society would/could be completely different?

If there's anything I've learned from Hitler it is to NEVER give up.  To deny your destiny has the potential to unleash disaster on the human race in insurmoutable proportions.

I've also learned to avoid syphalis at all costs. (Apparently he had it)

My question to you is this:  are you there?  On that precipice of giving up?  Are you filled with frustration and torment because where you are trying to go is more difficult a journey than you could've possibly imagined?

If you are I strongly urge you to keep the course.  You never know how mutated you might become if you don't.

You also don't know the negative affects you could have on others.

And so, I say to all you struggling artists in the simplest of sentences: resist your inner Hitler.  Resist the beast inside you that gives up, blames others for their failings, and lashes out externally.

Smother that beast -- that primal instinct that we are all capable of nurturing.  Instead, have a little faith that your opportunity WILL come.  It WILL manifest in its given time under the right circumstances.  When it does; your talents, ideas, and perspectives will be channeled in a way that society can absorb (safely). 

It might even provoke ideological change.

Quitting and blaming others is the easy way out. 

Staying the course and believing in all your dreams is the road less travelled.  But it is the most rewarding road of all -- even if it is lonely, fraught with obstacles, and lots and lots of potholes for you to jump over.

Wipe away the tears and remember: you owe it to yourself to continue.  You also owe it to society.

Dark and twisty, right?  But I think somewhere buried deep within this extra scary metaphor a valid point is made. 

And now, a happier tone to bring you back to the here and now.  A little scene from a woman who undoubtedly has stayed the course -- and who has a definite love of Halloween.

Boo!